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    73°37′07″E / 37.129240°N 73.618680°E / 37.129240; 73.618680 Wakhan, or "the Wakhan" (also spelt Vakhan; Persian and Pashto: واخان, Vâxân and Wāxān...
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    The Wakhan Corridor (Dari: دالان واخان, romanized: Dâlân-e wâxân; Pashto: واخان دهلېز, romanized: Vâxân dahléz) is a narrow strip of territory in the Badakhshan...
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    Afghanistan–China border Wakhan Wakhan Corridor Dari and Tajik: ولسوالی واخان Wuluswālī-i-Wākhān; Pashto: واخان ولسوالۍ Wākhān Wələswālai; Kyrgyz: ﯞاحان...
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  • The Mirdom of Wakhan (Persian: میری گری واخان, romanized: Mīrīgarī-yi Wakhān), Principality of Wakhan (Persian: شاهزاده‌نشین واخان, romanized: Shāhzādanishīn-ī...
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  • Pamir and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan. Wakhan may also refer to: Wakhan Corridor Wakhan River Wakhan District Wakhi (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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  • describe how the various spirits were formed from Wakȟáŋ Tháŋka. Black Elk describes the relationships with Wakȟáŋ Tháŋka as: "We should understand well that...
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    to the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan Province, Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of...
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  • The Wakhan Front (French: Ni le ciel ni la terre) is a 2015 French war thriller drama film directed by Clément Cogitore. It was screened in the Critics'...
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    Wakhan National Park is a national park in northeastern Afghanistan. Established in 2014, the park encompasses the entire Wakhan District of Badakhshan...
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  • people of Wakhan Wakhi people, an ethnic group in Wakhan, Afghanistan and the Northern Territories of Pakistan An adjectival form of Wakhan, the extreme...
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  • Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) is the term for the sacred or the divine. This is usually translated as the "Great Spirit" and occasionally as "Great Mystery". Wakȟáŋ...
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    Sarhad, also known as Sarhad-e Broghil or Sarhad-e Wakhan, is a river valley in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan. Sarhad lies...
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    Wakhan River (Dari: آب واخان Āb-i-Wākhān; Pashto: واخان سیند Wākhān Sīnd; Tajik: واخاندريا Vaxondaryo) is the name of the Sarhadd branch of the Panj River...
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    region of Wakhān (gaṣabi-yi nāhiyyat-i Wakhān). Its inhabitants are the fire-worshipers (gabrakān) and the Muslims, and the ruler (malik) of Wakhān lives...
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    and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. It has a population of approximately 10.6 million people. The...
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    Tajikistan, Pakistan and China—primarily situated in and around Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, the northernmost part of Pakistan's Gilgit−Baltistan and Chitral...
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    and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the...
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    in the north. Both sides of the border are protected areas: Wakhan National Park in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province on the Afghan side and Taxkorgan...
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    the central highlands, the glaciated northeast (around Nuristan), and the Wakhan Corridor, where the average temperature in January is below −15 °C (5 °F)...
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    ("Clouded Day Woman"), whose death song could still be heard on the island. Wakháŋ Thípi ("dwelling place of the sacred", also known as Carver's Cave) is a...
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    Wakhi language (category Wakhan)
    language in the Eastern Iranian branch of the language family spoken today in Wakhan District, Northern Afghanistan, and neighboring areas of Tajikistan, Pakistan...
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  • Koh-i-Wakhan (سلسله کوه واخان) is a range of mountains in the Pamir Mountains on the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan that crosses the Wakhan in Afghanistan...
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    where it joins the Wakhan River to form the Panj River. The Sarhad or Little Pamir River flowing down the Little Pamir in the High Wakhan Lake Chamaktin,...
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  • Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan, on the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan Little Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan, Afghanistan Taghdumbash Pamir...
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  • Sargez (category Populated places in Wakhan District)
    a village in Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. It is located in Upper Wakhan which is made up of valleys of Wakhan and Pamir rivers...
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    mostly involved trade of fruit and tea via caravans through Xinjiang and the Wakhan Corridor on the border between the two countries. Buddhist monks from the...
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    Kyrgyz refugees in Afghanistan settled in the Wakhan region. Until 1978, the northeastern portion of Wakhan was home to about 3–5 thousand ethnic Kyrgyz...
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    7,000 m (22,966 ft) peak in the world. Easiest access to Noshaq is from Wakhan Afghanistan. Noshaq main was first climbed by a Japanese expedition in 1960...
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    Autonomous Province and Khatlon Province), China through a long spur called the Wakhan Corridor to the east, and Pakistan to the south-east (Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan)...
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    second-highest) peak, K2, is located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It begins in the Wakhan Corridor (Afghanistan) in the west, encompasses the majority of Gilgit-Baltistan...
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